Ted Milton

Ted Milton (born 1943) is an English poet and musician, best known for leading Blurt, an experimental art rock group.In the mid-sixties he began performing as a puppeteer, participating in numerous international festivals and appearing on So It Goes, the TV show hosted by Tony Wilson.In Eric Clapton's autobiography he describes hanging out with Ted at Milton's girlfriend Clarissa's apartment often in the summer of 1965.Ted Milton also makes art objects and installations, having had shows at Nadine in Brussels and at the bookstore Tropisme, also in Brussels, In 2001, Milton staged an homage to the Russian author of the absurd Daniil Kharms, "In Kharm's Way", a mixture of music, puppeteering and spoken word, with the electronic musician Sam Britton.Also Milton has recently completed "Elegiac" - a collaboration with Graham Lewis from the band Wire and Sam Britton (Icarus).
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